Help Chat Online.comRelational Concerns in Corporate Environments IX
Douglas McGregor (Heil, Bennis & Stephens, 2000) referred to this as the X and Y theory of collaboration. One can think of X represented by workmen’s arms crossed in defiance and representing a lack of action, and Y as in the response, “why not”, a more open-minded and reasonable attitude [...]
The chronic conflicts that exist within organizations include: communication issues; the lack of self-efficacy for some of the groups as well as the individuals; and the top-down hierarchical demands within the sphere of influence. Maslow (2005/1943) chimed in that the problems mounted as an unresolved fear of hunger and want pervaded the environment and people [...]
The group to which an individual belongs is the ground for his or her perceptions, their feelings, and their actions. The social group, starting with our own families, including our childhood-young adult, and mature adult peers, and the community at large, give the individual his or her character and personality. In addition, it may have [...]
The Fluid Nature of the Leadership Role
A leader must acknowledge that members of a group become part of the collective leadership, playing in and out of a leading role as individuals with suggestions, complaints, and directing pivotal change within the group dialogue. This may change the role of the named leader into a follower or [...]
